Elphin

Elphin


Born in tenth-century England, Elphin is a remnant of the fairy queen Titania's elite guard – the Western Sidhe – charged with staying in the human world when the other fairies departed in the early 17th century and left with a duty that took centuries to become known.

Lonely and abandoned, Elphin lived off the land as the generations passed and the world became more industrial and inhospitable around her; she was once wounded by a car and, inju red, slowly began starving until the spring of 1975 when a rainstorm washed her away.

She was found by two drunken hunters who tried to have their way with her; Elphin herself is unaware of what happened after that, but she was found by police later that day walking the streets naked and covered in blood. She was taken in by a Catholic Priest who recognised her for what she was –   the church having some knowledge of Elphin’s people in their history records –   and she was nurtured back to health.

After being featured in the media for 9 days after her discovery, she was taken in by Damsel and given a place amongst the Champions; after the initial break-up of the group, she became the figurehead of a New Age movement and then the famous face in a line of her own beauty products until the reformation of the New Champions.

Superhuman Powers
Wing-based Flight 

Elphin has the power of flight due to the iridescent insect-like wings on her back which flutter like a hummingbird's; although she appears to be able to fly with ease and at rapid speed, Fatale's observations are that she shouldn't be able to fly with them so there is perhaps a magical element to their nature.

Superhuman Speed

As a fairy, Elphin is far faster than a human being and she can move at incredible speeds, both on the ground and off it. She has moved so fast that Fatale's cyborg tracking systems - which are calibrated to give herself ehanced speed - can't follow Elphin's movements.

Weather Control 

One of Elphin's lesser-used ability is a limited control of the weather. Although it doesn't seem like she has quite the same command of the weather as Stormcloud, she has been witnessed creating storms which include directed lightning - most notably in the New Champion's battle against Doctor Impossible.

Weapons
Elphin wields the Spear of Fairyland, a polearm with a barbed tip. Although it does not look especially deadly, the spear is capable of punching through an armoured car and possesses magical qualities, since when viewed through Fatale's cyborg systems it just registers as static.